Brigitte Coles — Research Program
For academic collaborators, conference organizers, and research institutions. An active research program spanning AI governance, multi-agent systems, organizational ontology, and financial economics — with the distinguishing characteristic that every formal contribution has a production implementation.
Published Papers
The Revolution Will Not Be Prompted (SSRN-5851725) — Means of production relocate from firm to worker. Process Intelligence Graph as new defensible asset. Target: JEP, AER(P&P), HBR.
The Cost of Rationality — Three-layer multiplicative crisis model predicts empirical AI failure rate from game-theoretic first principles. Target: Management Science.
Trust-Risk Asymmetry — Penalty escalation reduces audit frequency, not violations. m = 1/(1+x), p = k/b. Target: Management Science.
Working Papers
- Resonant Multi-Graph — Six-graph enterprise architecture, expert cognitive model. Target: AAAI.
- Balancing Intelligence — AI Strategic Balance Frontier. Target: AMR.
- Change Climate Financial Impact — Climate → P&L with causal chains. Target: JFQA.
- WTP Regression — R² = 0.850 on 1,820 opportunities. Target: Management Science.
- Brachistochrone ASP — Riemannian geometry of configuration spaces. Target: ICML/NeurIPS.
Pipeline
- Put-Call Parity (AAMAS), Coordination Failure (Management Science), PE AI Thesis (J. Private Equity), Leadership Imperative (AMR).
9 Design Imperatives (Formal Contributions)
Mathematical tools: algebraic topology, information geometry, game theory, temperament mathematics, category theory.
| Imperative | Mathematical Tools |
| Constraint Surface Governance | Gödel incompleteness, continuous constraint surfaces |
| Restorative Governance | Lyapunov stability, three-layer epistemic authority |
| Proof over Inspection | Merkle trees, zero-knowledge proofs, fractal operators |
| Failures as Theorems | Operad theory, sheaf cohomology, persistent homology |
| 10x10 Domain Intelligence | FCA, Galois connections, natural transformations |
| Fractal Design | Algebraic interfaces, composition theory |
| Void Topology | Sheaf theory, cohomological obstruction |
| Harmonic Alignment | Musical temperament, comma geometry |
| Exploit-Proofing Triad | Game theory, mechanism design, subgame perfection |
Distinguishing Characteristics
- Every formal contribution has a production implementation
- Mathematical range: operads to temperament theory to game theory
- Research-to-revenue flywheel: papers → frameworks → products → client revenue
- Patent: USPTO 19/418,922